Chase Daniel Saying Good Things

SUMG · January 3, 2008

(from Timmy MacMahon at the DMNews blog):

Heisman Trophy finalist Chase Daniel took time out of celebrating Mizzou's Cotton Bowl win to rave about North Texas coach Todd Dodge.

"He's awesome, man," said Daniel, who played for Dodge at Southlake Carroll. "I love the guy. He's like a second father to me. He had a tough year this year. It was hard on him and hard on the coaching staff. But he's got his recruits coming in and is going to do a great job."

The headliner of the Mean Green's recruiting class, of course, is Riley Dodge. Daniel called Todd's son, SportsDay's All-Area Offensive Player of the Year, a "perfect fit" for that offense.

I asked Daniel about the rumor (which I was attempting to start) that he was considering transferring to UNT for his final year of eligibility.

"Uhhhh, no," Daniel said with a smile.

He obviously doesn't think he can beat out Riley Dodge for the starting job.

GreenSquared · January 4, 2008

(from Timmy MacMahon at the DMNews blog):
Heisman Trophy finalist Chase Daniel took time out of celebrating Mizzou's Cotton Bowl win to rave about North Texas coach Todd Dodge.
"He's awesome, man," said Daniel, who played for Dodge at Southlake Carroll. "I love the guy. He's like a second father to me. He had a tough year this year. It was hard on him and hard on the coaching staff. But he's got his recruits coming in and is going to do a great job."
The headliner of the Mean Green's recruiting class, of course, is Riley Dodge. Daniel called Todd's son, SportsDay's All-Area Offensive Player of the Year, a "perfect fit" for that offense.
I asked Daniel about the rumor (which I was attempting to start) that he was considering transferring to UNT for his final year of eligibility.
"Uhhhh, no," Daniel said with a smile.
He obviously doesn't think he can beat out Riley Dodge for the starting job.

Seen them both play ( many times) and both are terrific QB's, leaders and people. If they were the same age (and if Riley could put on a few pounds, which he will) it would be quite a competition. Unfortunately for UNT we will never see it. Yeap UNT fans, Riley is "that" talented, but obviously, so is Chase!

Go Mean Green and congratulations to Chase Daniel and the Missouri Tigers!

KRAM1 · January 4, 2008

Chase Daniel has been a class act from day one! He ALWAYS seems to say the right thing when they stick a microphone in front of his face...no bragging, no "it's all me"...this guy learned from some great teachers...one of them being UNT's very own...TODD DODGE!